Eat Drink Hebrides - Hebridean Charcuterie

About

Hebridean Charcuterie from Croft No.9 was started by Brian and Melinda Whitington who are passionate about using wild and free-range local foods and sustainability, along with cutting energy and plastic use.

Melinda explained, “We converted our garage to a cured-meats kitchen during the COVID pandemic and launched our first product ‘Wild & Free Salami’ earlier this year.

“Our Wild & Free Salami is handmade from ingredients sourced from across the Outer Hebrides; from wild deer and geese which roam the landscape, along with rare breed pigs from Islanders’ crofts. These fine quality meats along with crushed black pepper and garlic produce a rich in flavour, bold in taste, artisan salami which we think you will love.”

Did you spot the King on the front cover? The Isles’ machair coastline and sparkling white beaches occasionally reveal treasure, such as the Lewis Chessmen, which date to when the islands were ruled by Norway.

Norse invaders back then had charcuterie – dried meats for their journey – but no plastic.

Brian says, “A tide of plastic pollution is washed up on our shores every day and we have chosen to use no plastics in our packaging, instead the materials we used are either compostable, biodegradable or recyclable.

“We hope you enjoy our Wild & Free Salami as much as we enjoyed making it!”